West Coast of Ireland

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

578

Date Released

20 Jan 1966

Date recorded

10 Dec 1965

Length of issue (in feet)

677

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1West Coast of Ireland

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

Pathe synopsis: You’re in for a surprise if you still think Ireland is living in the past. How can you believe all those tales about leprachauns and "little people’" when an oil refinery provides an almost space-age skyline near the bustling city of Cork. It’s here that we also see the largest ship ever built in Ireland being launched, a sharp contrast to the hectic speed of the Lough Derg water-skiers or the determination of the West Coast trawlermen. Irish character is never far away. It’s all laid out at a kerbside market in Galway, the town that now boasts a new cathedral with an impressive array of high-altar ornaments which we see being meticulously created by a Dublin company. But it’s now the west coast which is undergoing the real change. Old cottages are now preserved as museums at Bunratty Folk Park because the land around Shannon airport is being developed as a super-city. Flats and factories are sprouting up in an area that is becoming, because of tax concessions, almost a country within a country.

Keywords

Scenery and travel

Locations

Republic of Ireland

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

617

Story extras:

Film clip

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